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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03
UNCONSCIOUS NEEDS.
Wants That Are Largely Unfelt by tn
Needy Ones Themselves.

Wants That Are Largely Unfelt by the
Needy Ones Themselves.
1t may be thought that wi tn so many
needs of which men are fully conscious,
and which they are eagerly endeavor-
ing to supply, it is somewhat super
fluous to recount or consider those of
which they are unconscious, and which
can not, therefore, trouble or distress
them. If they can not, with all their
efforts, respond to the many needs
which they feel, why lead them to
search for others of which they know
nothing? Yet the truth remains that
the deepest and most pathetic needs Of
humanity, those which appeal most
loudly for succor to such as can dis
cover them, are largely unfelt and UNI
known by the needy ones themselves.
The Inconsistencies of real neces-
sites is not confined to childhood. The
youth entering active life has many
conscious wants. Full of vitality, he
desires to put it forth; he Graves sue
cess in his enterprises; wealth or fame
or love or glory seem to him brilliant
possibilities for which he will strive.
Yet none of these things are so essen
tial to his welfare as others of which
he is profoundly unconscious firm
moral principle that shall enable him
to resist all allurements to evil;
patience, perseverance, industry, eco
nomy, a kindly disposition, a love of
justice, benevolent heart. Whoever
helps him to attain his conscious wants
may benefit him and earn his gratitude,
but he who can arouse within him a
sense of the deeper needs of his nature
and help him to supply them is. his
truest friend and benefactor.
So through all life. The student
knows that he needs more knowledge,
but he does not recognize that thirst
for knowledge. and a mind equipped to
satisfy that thirst, are far more essen
tial needs. The man of business is; very
conscious that he needs more capital,
but is sometimes quite ignorant that he
needs more caution. The mother in
her family wants to have more obelient
children and more dutiful servants; she
knows not that the family's real need
is that of wiser and more self-con-
troled mother and mistress,
This INCONSISTENCIES OF the deepest
needs is the great foe to all growth and
The contentment of the
slave with his chains FORCES them more
firmly than the tyranny of any master
can do. It is when the real need for
liberty becomes also conscious need
that the era of freedom has begun. So
with other evils; as long as we are I'M
conscious that they are evils, contentto
abide in them, taking them as matters
of course to be accepted, instead of foes
to be conquered, SO long they will re-
tain their power over us. He who
arouses us from this torpor, who shakes
US out of our self-satisfied condition,
even at the risk of disturbing our pass
i've ease and comfort, renders us far
greater service than if he ministered to
thousand wants which our fancy is
constantly suggesting. - Phiiadelphta
JefIner
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
ALITTLE GIRLS VALENTINE.

If Not Quite True, 1t Ought to Be.
Valentines Day is on it's way;
Twill be here very soon,
For heard sister Sue say SO
To Bell this afternoon.
But I'm afraid nobody IL think
To send me even one,
Cause was only seven years old
When the new year begun;
And SO I'll write one to myself
q couldn't bear to be
Without a single valentine),
And play twas sent to me.
Dear Gracie'-that's how TIL begin
"You are a lovely child;
Tou never drive your mother or
Your grandma nearly wild;
You never tease the baby, nor
Refuse with him to play;
You study hard, and know by heart
Your lessons every day;
You keep your dress and apron neat,
Your hair is always curled,
And you are just as nice girl
AS any in the world
There. that sounds very pretty, and
think that it will do.
But pears to me it isn't quite
Exactly truly true.
But then it ought to be, and that's
Almost, 1 think, the same, ...
And SO down in the corner here
I'll sign a make-b'lieve name.
Margaret Eytinge, in Harper's Young People
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03
How He Looked at 1t.

1t had been long and tedious case.
The lawyers on both sides had spent
several days fighting each other with
all manner of legal tactics, and the
judge had spent four hours charging
the jury. The jury was out two days
and could not agree. Finally they
were discharged, and it was found they
stood eleven for conviction and one for
acquittal.
Dennis Murphy was the one that held
out. "Pcn me SOUL" said he to a
friend, ''niver in me loffe have I kim
across eliven such stubborn men. -
Itd-BitS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03
ON BOARD A GONDOLA.
A Ride Through the Solitary Canals of tn
Queen City of the Adriatic.

A Ride Through the Solitary Canals of the
Queen City of the Adriatic.
Is it not strange fatality that the
ridiculous nearly always follows the
steps of the sublime on this old-fash-
toned globe of ours? Here was 1 a mo-
ment ago indulging in meditations a
la Werther, but now, as | take my va
lise in my hand and make my way out
of the railway station, my lips part in
a merry peal of laughter. Here is a
Frenchman, all worry and hustle, who
hardly knows two words of Italian, and
who is swearing and cursing in his own
tongue as only denizen of the Gamma
biere of Marseilles can curse and swear
when he is really in a passion. "IrOun
dc patrf' he exclaims to one of the
railway porters, ''can't you get me
cab? Sacrebleu! are there no cabs in
this Internal city?" Within a few
PAGES of him was the omnibus"
-gondola Ga public conveyance
that plies through the canals to
the Place Saint Mark. into which he
was rather unceremoniously hustled by
one of the boatmen. l also took seat
feet long, three feet wide and four feet
high, with wooden roof and glass
windows. Two gondoliers piled their
oars, one in front of this structure and
the other behind. The ''shades of night
We're falling FAST as the gondola pro-
ceeded on its voyage. Solitary gas
lights. hung out from blackened walls.
cast their oiddy reflection on the inky
waters, and not a sound broke on the
ear save the measured splash of the
oars or the hoarse, sepulchral shout of
the gondolier warning the guides of
other craft as his turned corner.
What solitary city is not this ex-queen
of the Adriatic! As the gondola passed
into narrow lanes and under low arches
the waters seemed to grow mixer still.
1t was not without a shudder of hor-
Tor that recalled the time when these
canals were the favored haunts of BAN
ditti, and the untimely graves of many
a burgher and Senator of the Republic
of Venice. All that read of the MUIR
derous braves, the ruffianly gangs and
the hired assassins of the ancient city
rushed back with appalling intensity
on my memory, and dreams of flashing
poignards and blood-stained victims,
smothered in sacks and flung pitilessly
into these still streams in the dead of
night, seemed to stand out in CHASTITY
relief before the eye of the imagina-
ton. The reality of the surroundings,
however, soon forced itself back to my
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03
Two Little Girls.

1t was a blowing, clustering St. Val
entine's Day, fifty years ago. Mrs. Bly,
was making ginger-bread-"mu muster
Gingerbread she called it, and Nellie
was watching her. She was wee,
chubby girl in a linsey-woolsey gown
that was long enough to reach the tops
of her laced-up leather shoes, and a
dark tier that was almost as long as her
gown. am afraid if you had seen her
Yau would have said she looked Just like
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03

"A boy can walk four miles to go
skating, and drag some other fellows
sister all the way on a sled, but when
his mother wants him to bring up a
bag of crackers from the grocery his
kidneys are so weak that he darsen't.
burlington Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03

Times have changed greatly since
Shakespeare's day." remarked Sprig-
gins. Yes, just So" replied Fitz-
gobble. ''Now, Shakespeare said, The
apparel oft proclaims the man."
well, what does it proclaim Rowe''
The dude, generally."-M Y. hsde-
pendent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03

There is nothing better for dish
cloths than old or cheap or part worn
canton flannel. 1t makes a sensible
dish-cloth wrings drv and wipes
nicely.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03

"A Chinaman is proprietor of 8
news stand at San Bernardino, Cal.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
Logan in Battle.

81 was with Gen. Logan all
through the war;" said military
looking man on the rear end of
Madison street car last evening
"and in all that time l never saw
him shrink in battle. | used to
think Hancock led charmed life,
but Logan's contempt for singing
and screeehing lead was even more
pronounced than that of the great
West Point soldier. While the bat
tie of Kenesaw Mountain was in
progress | saw Logan ride at full
speed in front of our lines when the
bullets seemed to be falling thicker
than hail. Bareheaded, powder
stained, and his long, black hair
fluttering in the breeze. the general
looked like a mighty conqueror of
medieval days. He did not know
what danger was. Standing upright
in the stirrups of his saddle, I have
seen him plunge to the head of Il
charging column and bury himself
in the smoke and flame Of the
enemy's guns. A few moments be-
fore the good Mcpherson fell at At
lanta a shell burst within twenty
feet Of Gen. Logan. Turning to Me-
Pherson, who had been slightly
stunned by the explosion, Logan
cody remarked:
General, they seem to be popping
that corn for us"
Twenty minutes later McPher-
son lay bleeding on the field, while
Logan, who had assumed command
of the troops, was hurting his bat
talions against the enemy with the
skill of II born soldier.-Chicago
Herald.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
Origin of Paper-Hanging,

The art of making paper-hangings
was copied from the Chinese, among
who it has been practiced from time
immemorial. Wallpapers did not
come into common use in Europe
until the eighteenth century; but
stamped papers for the purpose APP
pear to have been made in Spain
and Holland 1555. The first allu-
sion to wallpapers known to exist
is in the examination of Herman
Shinkel, a printer of Delft, who
was accused in 1868 of printing
books inimical to the Catholic faith.
Being Intercepted as to certain
ballads, he said they had been print
ed by his servant in his absence, and
that when he came home and found
that they were not delivered, he re-
fused to deliver them, and threw
them into Il corner, intending to
print roses and stripes ON the back
to paper attics with. 1t is probably
to King William III. that the intro
duction Of wallpapers into England
is due. Paper-hangings Of II sort, it
is true, were in use in England and
some parts of the Continent long be-
fore the time of William ol Orange;
but they usually consisted merely
of maps ofthe world, as it was known
then, with fantastic borders of
Indians, negroes and elephants, and
other "nativcs of far-off regions"
The art of paper-hanging in imita-
ton of the old velvet flock was new
when William came to England. 1t
was ON the walls of the drawing
room at Kensington Palace that
these new hangings were first seen
in that country. They took the
fancy of the fashionables of the day,
and their cheapness being an adj
ditional recommendation, they
speedily came into general use.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17

A Colorado farmer having been to
a revival meeting, felt very religious,
and as they were entertaining some
city friends he thought the proper
thing to do would be to have morn
ing prayers.
So the household were assembled
and he began by reading a chapter
in the bible, then he requested them
to kneel while he made prayer.
He commenced. Ten minutes pass.
ed, twenty, half an hour; then an
hour wore its weary length along;
the listeners began to grow restless,
but still he prayed with undated
vigor, with no signs of termination,
until it was high noon.
His wife was in despair, all the
farm work had yet to be done, be-
side the homework; and felt sure
the kitchen fire would be out, and
their chance of a dinner slim, in
deed. She was perfectly in accord
ance with his wish for morning
prayers, but to have them continued
all day and far into the night seemed
literally too much of a good thing.
At length unable to endure it longer,
she leaned over and whispered to
him:
John, don't you think you have
prayed long enough?"
eyes but I don't know how to
wind the thing upm
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17

Our acts make or mar us. We
are the children of our own deeds.
As to trouble, who expects to find
cherries without stones, or rose with
out thorns?
Women enjoy more the pleasure
they give than the pleasure they feel.
To succeed one must sometimes
be very bold, and sometimes very
prudent.
Despise not any man, and do not
spurn anything, for there is no man
that hath not his place.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
How The Twelve Did

st. Matthew is supposed to have
suffered martyrdom, or was slain
with the sword at the city of Ethio-
pia, in Egypt.
St. Luke was hanged upon an
olive tree in Greece.
st. John was put into a caldron of
boiling oil at Rome and escaped
death. He afterward died natural
death at Ephesus, in Asia.
st. james the Great was beheaded
at Jerusalem.
st. James the Less was thrown
from pinnacle or wing of the tenn
pie, and then beaten to death with
a fuller's club.
st. Phillip was hanged up against
a pillar at Hierapolis, a city of Phry-
gia.
st. Bartholomew was fiayed alive
by the command of barbarous
king.
st. Andrew was bound to a cross,
whence he preached unto the peo-
pie until he expired.
st. Thomas was run through the
body with lance, at Coromandel,
in the East Indies.
st. John was shot to death with
arrows.
st. Simeon Zealot was crucified in
Persia.
st. Matthias was first stoned and
then beheaded.
st. Barnabas was stoned to death
by the Jews at Salania.
st. Paul was beheaded at Rome
by the tyrant Nero.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
1885.
Is47.

NEWARK, DELAWARE.
agent for the Kent County Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., of Dover Delaware, In
sures against loss of Fire, issuing Mutual
Policies only under which Payments are
made annually in advance during MEM
bership, and on ceasing to be members
whatever remains unexpended after pay
ing loses, expenses and dividends are re-
turned, thereby furnishing Insurance at
cost. Dividends returned after the
second annual payment. janltf
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
Holiday Excursion Tickets on the Penn
sYlYania Railroad.

In pursuance of the usual custom, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell
Christmas and New Year excursion tick
cts between all ticket stations on its
main line and branches at reduced rates.
The tickets will be sold on December
2Sd, oath, 25th, Goth, Both, and Slst, 1887,
and January LIST and I'd, 1888. good for
return trip until January Sd, 1888, inclu-
sive.
These tickets will enable the public to
visit friends and enjoy the social pleas
ures of the glad season at trifiing ex-
pense for railway fair.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
. . . . . .
NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS.

We are making every endeavor to
straighten out our books so that we
may start afresh on January LIST, 1888.
There still remains many small accounts,
and we feel sure our appeal will not go
unheeded by those indebted to us. Every
subscriber, also should see that the slip
on his paper bears the right date because
it takes money to buy the paper on
which to print The LEDGER. So, friend
act quickly, and give us good help.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.



Farms of all sizes from Ten to two hun
bred and fifteen acres each, at prices
ranging from Thirty to Ninety dollars
per Acre
One nice property well improved and
well located containing twenty four
Acres, with blacksmith and Wheelwright
shops, in an excellent neighborhood
three miles rom Newark.
Also very desirable property contain
ing twelve Acres of No. / land, large
brick dwelling and good outbuildings,
with Blacksmith AMI Wheelwright and
Carriage Shops, in an excellent location
II miles from Newark will be sold, with
or without the shops, or the shops will
be sold separately.
Also good business stand on the
Main street in Newark comprising two
dwellings, stable and carriage house, Ice
House and all necess airy outbuildings, a
well established Restaurant, Confection-
airy and Ice Cream saloon, and a first
class stand for Bakery.
Also two comfortable dwellings with
necessary outbuildines on the Main street
in the West End of Newark, all of which
will be sold at fair prices and on reason
able terms.
l will take pleasure in answering
any questions respecting any of these
properties, or showing them to persons
desiring to purchase.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17
Christmas and New Years Excursion
Tickets,

The Passenger Department of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company an.
nounce that in accordance with their
usual custom, they will sell Excursion
Tickets during the Holidays, between
all stations East of the Ohio River.
Tickets will be sold on Dec. 2Sd, oath,
25th, Goth, Both, 3lst, 1887, and Jan, LIST
and I'd, 1888, good for return passage
until Jan. Sd, 1888.
's",'e""'''nP,S'.'rI'J,S,-
No grace is more necessary to the
Christian worker than fidelity the
humble grace that marches on in
sunshine and storm, when no ban
ners are waving, and there is no
music to cheer the weary feet,
Wounds given to honor never heal.
Fiction pleases the more in pro-
portion as it resembles truth.
He who lives for himself lives but
for little thing.
To count but few things necessary
is the foundation of many virtues.
Silence is the wit of fools and one
of the virtues of the wise.
Let us learn upon earth those
things which call us to heaven.
Wrongs entrenched iii bad legis-
lation can never be converted int
vested rights.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-17

Arrlve Newark ltentre StatI0nl TTOm PhIIa. z
Wilmington 800 IN and 1.2l and d.43 p m week
days.
Peninsula express leaves Newark .. ~ a m, mr.
rlyes at Baltimore lilo a IN.
baltimore passenger leave Phlla. daily i04Op
m: Chester ii u y m; Wilmington lbs m. ar
irving Newark 1900 night, Baltimore l.H a m,
Philadelphia and Baltimore express, 2t2 p M.
Wilmington, 244 p M; Newark, 3t3 p. M. and
Baltimore, $40 D. m, on week days.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

one OF the latest sensations in Wash.
ington has been caused BY the singular
method adopted by Gen. II. r. Colston,
OF the surgeon generals Office, to re-
duce the too solid flesh which at one
time threatened TO make his life be.
come burden instead of a pleasure.
Since the 9th of November he has
taken no food but n teaspoonful of =
liquid concoction three times a day
This connection, which is prepared
according TO the method Of the Italian
Succi. is composed of milk, sherry, and
sncb other ingredients as will enable
the system of the patient to sustain it.
self with the least possible amount of
waste substance. Since adopting tn
treatment Gen. Colston has lost
twenty-five pounds Of flesh. and states
that Il is entirely satisfactory, mas
much az he no longer has the desir
for solid food. save when an unusually
sayory odor greets him in passing some
rcsfAasrant.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

QUEEN VICTORIA wishes all her fam
lily TO be in England during the coming
Jubilee celebration next year. Hence
the duke and duchess of Edinburgh
and Prince George of Wales are COM
Ing home from Malta at the end of
May, 1887. and the duke and duchess
of Connaught will return from Indie
for q couple of months.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

A PITTSBURGH na,ural-gas company
Is the largest one in the country. 1t
supplies over four hundred manufacto-
ries and over seven thousand dwellings
with the entire amount of fuel con-
sumed. The total area of pipe leading
into Pittsburgh is given as l,34l. COZ
square inches.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

IT was prspssod aheHi n year ago
that medallion Of Sir Waltcr Scott
ahonld bs placed in tbs peeis' curner 81
Westminster abbey, but thus far emily
$500 has besn contributed. Nearly ST.
800 Is needed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

WILLIAM NJ. SISGERLY was recently
twitted by II friend on the fact that, al
though he possessed a $3.50. 900 farm,
he would lose much OF that in the set
Element of his estate. lose it?" ex-
claimed singerly in his quick way. Il
won't lose a cent of it'll be dead"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

ANEW YORK housekeeper writes that
she has naid-servant now working for
$14 month who has several thousand
dollars In railroad stock. which she has
accumulated. She reads the news, dress
es well, and does good work, from scrub
bling to cooking OF sewing.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

M. MAsPERo, professor of Egyptolo.
gy at the College de France, and late
keeper of the Rulak museum at Cairo,
has boen elected an honorary follow Of
Queens college. Oxford.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

LADY CAITHNEss. duchess OF Pomar,
is the editor of q new review in Paris
called LAurore du Jour NouUeau, a
review that touches questions philo-
sophical and religious.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

II is not every day that man. otwar
are namod after literary men. Admiral
Auhe, the French minister Of marine,
has just named the FIRST guAksat Of .
new type tho Gahrisl Charne.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

The stretch Of desert lying hstwesH
Pzksade and Wells Is noted AZ being BY
FIN tbs csldest region in Nevada, ther-
msnotsrs frequently marking tsm.
perstWe Of 30 degrees below zsrs.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

Miss MABEL WRIGHT is the latest
discovered professional beauty In New
York. She is described ~ the fairest
blonde imaginable. with light hair, blue
eyes, and exquisite cslsr.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

Mr.. GAY, of Louisiana, one of the
millonaires of the house of representa-
tives, has about s1,500,000 invested ip
sugar plantations.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

HERBERT SPENCER is living in retire
ment at Brighton, England, writing hi
autobiography.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

The first temperance society in this
country was organized in Saratoga
county, New York, in March. 1908.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

MUNKAcsY, the Hungarian artist,
says the white house is zone of the
most beautiful and artistic buildings in
the world"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

The Chinese minister recently called
on the president with his jade ring. .
charm against all evil influences.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

Mr.. CHARLES STEWART PARNELL is
said to receive more letters and to ans
wer less than any other man in Europe.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12
SHARK meat is openly sold in the Ha
vana fish market

In Montana a great many miners re
ceive "a. so n day.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

FARIEoN, the novelist, is a son-in- Law
of Joseph Jefferson, the actor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12
The New Route

from Dallas to Houston, Navasots.
and Montgomery.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12
The Fastest Route

Dallas, via Temple, to Taylor. Round
Rock and Austin.